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Sexism in the Context Of American Racial Identity
"That's sexist." The term 'sexism' is often used by both feminist and anti-feminist writers as a way of constructing men and women as opposite entities. Sexism presumes an inherent difference between the genders as a matter of course. In the usual dichotomies constructed by a 'sexist' mentality, women are perceived as weaker and less capable then men, while men are associated with the more intellectual, active essence of what is human. Males are the neutral and the positive forces of culture, in sexist ideology, while women are what is negative, physical, and weaker that 'the male' or 'the human.'
However, such a construction of sexism when race is 'thrown into the picture' of the sexist ideology, of men vs. women, renders sexism more complicated. Firstly, the construction of men as powerful in relation to women denies the marginal status of Black men in relation to White men, and also to White women, as White men have often used the images of vulnerable female sexuality to justify oppressing African-American males. Secondly, the inability of Black...
Because of fears of being controlled by Black women, American culture has constantly attempted to denature the image of the powerful Black women into domestic images. White culture has simultaneously put African-American women in the place of caring for 'their' children in a physical, maternal role, yet also demanded backbreaking labor of the same strong Black maternal body. The result is a powerful image, a vision of unquestionable Black female power that is frightening to sexist assertions that polarize women as weaker.
Of course, African-American women are…
Works Cited
Collins, Patricia Hill. (2004) "Mammies, Matriarchs, and Other Controlling Images." Race, Gender, and Sexuality: Philosophical Issues of Identity and Justice. Jami L. Anderson, Editor. New York: Pearson.
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